We have a 25-year history of partnering with exceptional management teams to achieve successful exits under a variety of economic conditions. Capitalizing on decades of experience, the ABS Ventures team brings competence in understanding the patterns of capital-efficient growth and ability to project the dynamics of emerging markets into every investment.

We are active investors and manage our portfolio relationships through board representation. A typical ABS Ventures investment is between $5 million and $15 million of expansion and replacement capital over time into companies with products in the market, moderate cash needs and a clear path to profitability.

Bruns GraysonManaging PartnerABS Ventures

Bruns has been in venture capital since his start with Adler & Co. in New York in 1981. In 1983, he joined well-known technology investment bank Alex. Brown and Sons to lead its venture business, and has been Managing Partner of all ABS Ventures partnerships since. His investments have been in data communication, software and medical devices, and he has been a director on many private and public companies. Bruns is a graduate of Harvard College, Oxford University and the University of Virginia School of Law, and was elected a Rhodes Scholar from California in 1974. He served in the US Army in Vietnam and separated as a captain in 1970.

Representative Investments

Everbridge is a provider of mass notification solutions to Global 2000 corporations, government agencies and municipalities, healthcare systems, and educational institutions.

Wimba is a leading provider of collaborative software applications for online education.

Rib-x is a small molecule drug discovery company focused on the design of new classes of anti-infective agents.

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